View from the office.. Mt Fuji disguised as a cloud.

Here is the view from the 17th Floor of the Microsoft office in Akasaka. I love great city views and can’t get enough of them, and I think Tokyo has the best city views of all, there’s just no end to that urban sprawl (35.7 million people live here)l!

Looking south-ish from the office is a great view of Mount Fuji, it’s around 60 miles from Akasaka in Tokyo and therefore has a real ghost-like appearance.

When in Rome… (or Tokyo)

Had to try whale meat here in Japan, they promised me the rest of the animal had been used for research.

Wish you were here (D)…

I am back in Tokyo for a few days, home on Saturday… Brought a proper camera with me this time!

Couple of pictures from the train on the way to Tokyo:

(first one is taken through another train) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures form the cab including Starbucks Tokyo style.

Scarlett

Welcomed home by the sun….

I must remember to take a better camera with me when I travel - I am lucky enough to see some incredible sites, but the camera on my phone is not really up to the job!

In Tokyo for a few days…

I am spending most of this week in Tokyo, if you haven’t been it’s a great city, in the same way that a Lamborghini is a great car - it’s something of an understatement, it’s a super city on an enormous scale (13m people live here) - and just like the Lambo you probably don’t want to be in it every day, but you should experience it at least once in your life…

Here are the things I love and hate about Tokyo:

LOVE	HATE
That there is a face mask epidemic here	Distance from Narita to the City
A vending machine on every corner	Lack of English for Shmucks like me
Passion for Karaoke	That it takes 25 mins to travel 4kms in a Taxi
City views from my 35th floor hotel room	Smoking everywhere
Being tall	Fish surprises in every meal
Westernised etiquette	Slow escalators

Anyone want to buy a house? Toil thrown in Free of Charge…

The ad is now live for 48 Bonnefin Road, which feels odd given all the B, S & T we put into it - you mean, we’re going to sell it NOW? After all that heartache? 

That it will soon be sold is now a reality and the fact that we may not recover all we invested a possibility… however there is something undeniably flattering about the photographs and the attention, the oohs and ahs to come (you hope) - as ego trips go, selling a beautifully renovated home is certainly one of the better ones, the chance to leave a lasting impact on the lives of many, impressed friends and relatives complimenting the new owners on the work they never did, but instead had the taste, wallet and common sense to buy instead!

Damn, why didn’t we think of that?

Do give me a shout if you know anyone who wants a nicely renovated home in Hunters Hill…. oohs and ahs included FOC.

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Christening of Ivy Tucker

We will have a small gathering on the 9th March around Ivy’s Christening. Here’s the homemade invite, quite pleased with how it turned out… Looking forward to the day.

Photos like these can only lead to disappointment..

 

These pictures were taken at the exact point our home reached the top of its game… it’s all downhill from here!

 

 

Quick trip to the park…

This video made me chuckle a few times…

If this behaviour is considered childish, I hope we never grow up.